With solutions ranging from virtualisation-aware malware protection for virtual machines, to intelligent endpoint security optimised for virtual desktops, we have the expertise to address these difficult pressures on public sector services. With our solutions, you can secure sensitive networks whilst reducing operating costs and extending hardware lifecycles.

Fully approved for national procurement frameworks, including CITHS, we offer the public sector decisive, direct ways to reduce the cost of securing and managing servers and endpoints.

Our protection is optimised for virtual environments — you can secure endpoints centrally, improve performance, and lower risk and cost of ownership. Deploying virtual desktop-aware solutions, for instance, doubles the number of desktop images per host without sacrificing security. Within only 2 months and with 1000 users, the investment pays for itself.

Protecting virtualised environments

GCSx, the Government Connect Secure Extranet, is a powerful infrastructure for distributed communication. But a national, dispersed, typically mobile user base poses new security and performance challenges for public sector operations.

While the economies of virtual machines and virtual desktops make virtualisation a business imperative, conventional anti-malware solutions are not “virtually aware”, and a simultaneous full system scan can significantly degrade performance. To improve usability for remote users connecting via a VPN, security policies may be deliberately “relaxed”. If remote updating is disabled to preserve bandwidth, endpoints may become infected, jeopardising the entire network. The threat increases with out-of-hours use of home or unsecured networks.

How we can help

Our protection, built specifically for the virtual environment, applies constant, robust security to both physical endpoints and virtual server and desktop and environments. There’s no impact on user performance and consolidation rates are dramatically improved.